Digital Photography Equipment
March 11th, 2010 | 
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What do we mean by Digital Photography Equipment?
Digital cameras are in vogue today and almost everyone carries one everywhere. It reminds one of the Japanese tourists in Europe or America decades ago who became the best ambassadors of Canon, Ikon, Yashika and other famous brands. Today the same companies are manufacturing digital photography equipment and competing with other digital firms around the world. Good and sharp results have always been the requirements of the photographer and Digital Products do offer the best there is in the world today.
But it is not only about digital cameras alone! One also need several other equipment as ancillaries before your collection of a digital studio or even that small hobby room is complete. With computers controlling the processing and printing of photographs, it is essential to learn a bit of information technology as well to be successful in the use of digital photography equipment.
What equipment do we require for Digital Photography?
Quite obviously the first piece of equipment is a digital camera! The market is full of different makes and models of this product and one need to be very careful in choosing one for their use. For a novice the basic models will suffice while for the professional one may go for a SLR model that is much more sophisticated and has a lot of useful features.
The memory chip or key is an essential part of the digital camera and depending on the usage is rated in terms of MB capacity of storage, just like a hard disk or RAM memory chip!
The batteries used in digital photography equipment are important and only Nickel Metal Hydride or NIMH rechargeable cells must be used. The charger is an important part of the digital equipment and a 4-cell charger is recommended. At least 8 to 10 hours charging is required for the batteries to retain a useful charge life.
The advantage of a digital camera is that you can easily take snapshots of the family and even use the inbuilt self timer to do a remote photographic session. For this one requires a good standard tripod for best results. The tripod will ensure trouble free photography of even moving objects and is imperative as an ancillary to this hobby. This digital photography equipment is only the basics and several optional items can still be purchased.
The software that accompanies the digital camera is without fail the most important item in digital photography. It not only provides proper drivers for the operating system being used, but also bundles variety of image processing Software and viewers to facilitate your handling of those lovable pictures that your digital photography equipment took!
Finally, it is always worth your while to review and investigate the multitude of digital cameras and items available in the market. The Internet and off line stores offer great discounts and models to suit almost every taste. One must also check those who have purchased digital photography equipment at one time or the other and have experienced the immense pleasure one gets out of this – let us call it – a social hobby!
Seth Willis Jr.
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Serious digital photography equipment?
SD card
Photoshop
Im starting to get serious in digital photography with my DSLR. I’m planning to get a Nikon d90 in about 6 months and I also need other equipment.
So far on my list:
Nikon d90
Lenses
UV filter
Polarizer filter
Neutral density filter
Tripod
Shutter release cable remote
Flash
I’m not too worried about the printing of my photos. So no scanners or anything related to printing. What else could I be missing on my list? Ideas, comments, help?
A lens hood
Well, you may not need a flash unless you plan on doing a lot of event photography.
You may find that you have more than you actually need starting out.
The one thing you did not list are a number of memory cards.
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digiPro
I would add Photoshop CS4. A good monitor is also important.
I love the listing of the tripod and cable release. Someone once said that "if God wanted us to hand hold a camera, He would have given us three legs."
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Alot of times you find what people carry in thier kit depends on thier individual shooting style. You certainly have a good starting list but what you need may vary from what I need. As an example for fhotoaces shooting a flash may be a low priority. I recently find I am doing more and more location portraits and such. I could do them with available light and reflectors but I find now I always go prepared to light and speedlights are much easier to carry than my studio monolights. So in my kit its not unusual to find multiple speedlights ( as many as 6 for some things though you would be surprised what you can do with one) lightstands and umbreallas are also there liight usually snoots and grid from honl and color correction gels for the speedlight all go in the bag The D90 works with the creative lighting system and that is a powerful tool for lighting. You may want to go to the local bookstore or library and look at a copy of "The Hotshoe Diaries" by Joe McNally
Don’t skimp on the tripod a good tripod and head pays for itself many times over and will last you a lifetime. You may want to add a grad to the list of camera filters. And if this is your first DSLR then the digital field guide for your camera by wiley may prove easier to read digest than the manual that comes with the camera
But in truth what I carry would be different if I were doing mostly wildlife work or macro work and even within areas of photography many folks have different styles. As an example many portrait photographers are shooting with wider angle lenses than would have been considered a "standard" portrait length a few years ago as that is a look they like better. So you may want to get the camera and a few necessities then wait and start shooting. Buy the other things as you find you need or want them for a particularl look. If there are photoclubs in your area you may find folks there that also shoot nikon that are willing to let you try some of thier gear on group events to see if its something you need or want.
hope this helps
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